…For New and Seasoned Parents
Start here – Welcome
Welcome to the Sprout Side of Life! 🌱
We’re so glad you found us here at HelloSproutbaby.com. This blog is a cozy corner for thoughtful gift-givers, expecting mamas, new parents, and seasoned pros.
Also created for those in the wild-and-wonderful trenches of raising young kids. And whether you’re shopping for the perfect expectant mama or baby gift, navigating toddler chaos, or just looking for someone who gets it—you’re in the right place.
This is where parenting meets heart, humor, and a whole lot of real-life experience. For instance…
…this is our household. We are a lot of people. That works for us. You can see why we have years of valuable parenting wisdom to share with pregnant moms, parents of young children, and other kid-carers.
So, who are we? We’re two moms who’ve parented a combined 22 kids. (Yes, you read that right—22!) One of us parented 16, the other is parenting 6+. Some were born to us, and others came to us through love, foster care, emergency placements, or unexpected life turns. Many were traumatized before we met them, some were special needs kids/babies and even medically fragile babies. They arrived needing safe arms, a place to belong, and hearts ready to grow—and we said yes.
That journey shaped everything you’ll find here.
From products we wish we’d had back then, to stories that still make us laugh, cry, or shake our heads, this space is a reflection of the wild, beautiful, and sometimes completely bananas road that is parenting.
We’ve seen tantrums and triumphs, sleepless nights and first steps, foster care farewells and forever family hugs. Also, we’ve launched kids into adulthood and still have little ones underfoot. Our stories span decades—and diapers.
Through this blog, we’ll share what we’ve learned—sometimes the hard way—on topics ranging from the sweet and silly to the serious and sacred. Whether you’re looking for practical tips, heartfelt encouragement, or just reassurance that you’re not the only one eating cold mac ‘n cheese at the kitchen counter—we’ve got you.
💬 We’d love to hear from you.
Have questions? Need advice? Want to suggest a topic for a future post? Email us anytime at moms@hellosproutbaby.com or drop your thoughts in the comments below each post.
This blog isn’t about perfect parenting—it’s about real parenting. It’s about grace, grit, and growing something beautiful, even on the messy days.
So buckle up, buttercup—parenthood is a ride like no other. And we’re so excited to take it with you.
Welcome to the family. 💚
With love,
The Moms at HelloSproutbaby
We suggest starting with the post “What’s a Great Parent?” just for fun.
Index of blogs:
Are You as Strong Willed as Your Strong-Willed Child?
Including Your Children in Your Activities – Part 1
Including Your Children in Your Activities – Part 2
Including Your Children in Your Activities – Part 3
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Claudia is a Mom, Grammy, Amazon Best‑Selling Author, Certified Parent Coach and former Foster Care Trainer for Arizona. With decades of parenting 
under her belt, she’s raised 16 children—some by birth, some by circumstance, all by heart. She is the technical mind behind this endeavor. Claudia’s passion is helping moms feel seen, supported, and celebrated in every season of motherhood.
Holly is a Mom, world traveler turned awesome wife, homeschooling mom of six plus, and has parented several special needs and medically fragile kids. She is the creative mind behind HelloSproutbaby.com’s products. 
Formerly Director of the Primary Children’s Department at a large Texas church, she now turns her leadership and design skills into thoughtful, joy‑filled gifts for parents and gift‑givers everywhere.
Both Claudia and Holly believe that children are God’s gift and that He doesn’t make mistakes when it comes to parents or children given to them. We believe that it is important to treat children with a combination of firmness and kindness that we wish to be shown so they grow into caring adults themselves.
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The Rest of the Story
This blog and website is an offshoot of our parent vision, HushedLittleBabies.com. That site is dedicated to the babies whose voices were hushed through abortion. We originally created a line of special cards for at-risk pregnancies. They were different from the happy ones offered here at HelloSproutbaby for all mamas, grammys, sisters, etc. The original ones are for circumstances when the mama is considering abortion rather than carrying her baby to full term, ending baby’s life in the womb.
As it turned out, the cards are also appropriate for mamas who have decided to put their babies up for adoption rather than raise their baby. Both situations are lovingly handled by gentle whispers from their baby. The cards acknowledge baby still loves its mama, and the assurance that mama will do what is best for baby even if that isn’t staying together forever.
Our purpose is to get those cards into the hands of those very mamas who need to hear from their babies’ hearts–the clients at crisis pregnancy centers. However, it became clear that our effectiveness was limited since we can’t possibly reach all the centers ourselves. So, the site was created for churches, organizations and individuals across the country who want to purchase the cards at a discount (we have them printed) and donate them to their local crisis pregnancy centers to be given to their clients.
We are only two people. However, if many people jump on board the HushedLittleBabies.com vision, we can join together to save the lives of many unborn babies. Please check it out or refer your church or organization to that website. Thank you.